Chapter 119: Fox Lanterns and Banners Summoning Souls at Night
The scattered lights formed a long dragon, and then dispersed into fireflies.
Soul-guiding lamps swayed in the darkness, and the foxes either transformed into human form or maintained their original appearance, walking along the way, wagging their tails, singing soul-calling songs, and gradually going away.
Kang Yunu also went down the mountain.
According to Gong Mengbi's instructions, if you already have a familiar territory, then go to the familiar territory first. If there are no other fox soul-guiding foxes in the surrounding villages, communities, and mountains, then patrol to other places with the familiar territory as the center.
Zhao Yu Niang no longer lives in Zhaojiazhuang, but it is where Kang Yu Nu lived for a long time, and that was the first place Kang Yu Nu went.
When we came to Zhaojiazhuang again, it was deserted and uninhabited.
After the crops in the fields were flooded, even after the water receded, the crops fell to the ground, rotted yellow, and rotted, emitting an unpleasant stench.
The stench of decay was everywhere, mixed with the disgusting smell of water, which made the fox with a keen sense of smell feel suffocated.
Kang Yunu strung a bunch of Phellodendron chinense leaves together with silk thread and wore it between her mouth and nose like a scarf, using the fresh air of Phellodendron chinense to dispel the foul air.
After walking a few steps in Zhaojiazhuang, he saw a floating corpse in the field.
He looked like an elderly man who might have fallen or slipped and fell into the field, never to get up again.
The floating corpse was already swollen, and Kang Yunu felt foul-smelling, but she still followed Gong Mengbi's instructions and buried the body.
Shake the soul-guiding lamp, wave the soul-calling flag, "Call the soul——"
Then she saw a confused old man standing behind her with his eyes wide open, and asked curiously: "Girl, are you calling me?"
Kang Yunu smiled but did not answer. The soul-guiding lamp led the way and the soul-calling banner gathered souls. The old man was confused and followed Kang Yunu in straw sandals, muttering as he walked.
"My daughter, be careful when you go out at night. My little girl died at night."
"Your daughter is so pretty. Is she married?"
"Watch the road carefully and don't fall. I fell the other day and my waist still hurts."
Kang Yunu pretended not to hear and let the old man chatter on, only occasionally nodding in agreement. The old man was also confused and his words were incoherent.
After walking a few more steps, I saw a little girl squatting under the tree.
The little girl buried her head in her arms, revealing her two braids, which were wet with water marks.
Kang Yunu raised the lamp and shone it over. The little girl raised her head and looked at her like a frightened deer. She suddenly burst into tears, "Mother doesn't want me anymore..."
"She left with her brother in her arms, and I couldn't catch up... She didn't want me anymore..."
The little girl had tears on her face and was trembling all over. It was unclear whether she was cold, hungry, scared, or all of the above.
Kang Yunu was filled with pity. She waved the spirit-calling banner and said, "Mother doesn't want you anymore. So, why don't you go with me?"
The little girl's eyes were full of tears, her body was wet, and she looked at Kang Yunu timidly and said, "Sister, won't you abandon me?"
Kang Yunu was about to answer when the dazed old man suddenly stepped forward, grabbed the little girl's hand, pulled her up, and said, "Poor little girl, you were this big when I left. You must be so scared alone at night. Come, come with me."
The little girl turned her gaze to the dazed old man and asked, "Will Grandpa abandon me?"
The old man pulled her and seemed to come to his senses again. He said, "No, come with grandpa and go to where you should go."
The little girl followed the old man closely. After she stood up, there was a ghostly aura behind her that was as thick as a snake's tail, swaying in the wind.
Kang Yunu broke out in a cold sweat.
Only then did she remember that when she left, Gong Mengbi had instructed her to only use soul-guiding lamps and soul-calling banners to guide lonely souls. If she encountered someone who did not want to be guided, she should pretend not to see him and not speak to him easily.
After the flood receded, evil and sinful energy arose.
No one knows whether those poor homeless souls will turn into what kind of terrible ghosts because of resentment and unwillingness.
If she had not followed Gong Mengbi's instructions and collected the old man's body, and had not had this dazed old man help her, she would have been harassed by this poor little girl.
Although Kang Yunu felt pity for her, she was unwilling to sacrifice herself for it.
Fortunately.
Kang Yunu continued to move forward holding the soul-guiding lamp. The light illuminated Zhaojiazhuang in the dark night, attracting many homeless souls, who followed Kang Yunu in the retreat like moths to a flame.
Kang Yunu looked back and saw many strange faces, which were different looks of death.
But in the eyes of others, there was only a beautiful woman holding a green lantern and a small white flag walking in the countryside. Behind her was a thick gray fog that was too thick to see clearly.
There are still living people in Zhaojiazhuang.
Only a few of those who did not flee to the county town but took refuge in higher places returned here after the flood receded.
But the dilapidated houses and sparse population brought great fear to people.
Kang Yunu sang a song to summon spirits, which sounded like the singing of birds and the howling of foxes, with a strange and terrifying power.
When these people heard the necromancy songs, they hid in their houses and trembled.
Kang Yunu saw this and warned outside the door: "The fine grass is extremely precious and can save my body. Burning the fine grass can control the plague spirit."
He left behind the branches and leaves of the beautiful grass, and continued walking, leading the fog behind him.
"Taishan's blessing, the soul will be transported to the wild grass."
"Call the souls, call the souls."
Kang Yunu traveled all over Zhaojiazhuang in one night, went to Xiaosheng Township, then to Baixi Village where Kang Wen was, and then to Xixia Village where Ma Shenpo was.
There was nothing new except for Xiaosheng Township, where the villagers hid in the mountains to escape the flood and suffered almost no losses. Now they have begun to resume production and seem to have regained their vitality.
Kang Yunu returned with a thick cloud behind her and reported the incident to Gong Mengbi. Gong Mengbi said, "Xiaosheng Township was sheltered by a friend of mine, so it escaped disaster. However, among these ghosts you brought with you, there is also an old ghost."
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